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[Alberto Milone <alberto.milone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Summary changed:

- Pull in upstream amdgpu code in Xenial
+ Pull in upstream AMD code in Xenial

** Description changed:

  AMD have made a lot of progress on the amdgpu driver (especially in
- Linux 4.5), and the code will definitely benefit our HWE efforts.
+ Linux 4.5) and they have made a few fixes for radeon available, and the
+ code will definitely benefit our HWE efforts.
+ 
+ This will help us move away from the fglrx driver.

** Description changed:

  AMD have made a lot of progress on the amdgpu driver (especially in
- Linux 4.5) and they have made a few fixes for radeon available, and the
- code will definitely benefit our HWE efforts.
+ Linux 4.5), plus a few fixes for radeon, and the code will definitely
+ benefit our HWE efforts.
  
  This will help us move away from the fglrx driver.

** Description changed:

  AMD have made a lot of progress on the amdgpu driver (especially in
  Linux 4.5), plus a few fixes for radeon, and the code will definitely
  benefit our HWE efforts.
  
+ The new code includes Powerplay support for discrete GPUs (integrated
+ GPUs are already supported).
+ 
  This will help us move away from the fglrx driver.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1546572

Title:
  Pull in upstream AMD code in Xenial

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  AMD have made a lot of progress on the amdgpu driver (especially in
  Linux 4.5), plus a few fixes for radeon, and the code will definitely
  benefit our HWE efforts.

  The new code includes Powerplay support for discrete GPUs (integrated
  GPUs are already supported).

  This will help us move away from the fglrx driver.

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